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post #1 of 13
9/8/10 at 12:50pm
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Hey guys, I'm planning to upgrade my hard drive in a month or so and wanted to get some opinions. I have a single 500gb hard drive at the moment and am looking for either a SSD or another 500 gig for Raid 0. I have plenty of space at the moment, so basically my choice is either windows plus word, firefox, etc in a solid state drive or everything in raid 0. Specs of my rig in my sig. Thanks in advance.
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post #2 of 13
9/8/10 at 12:52pm
If space isn't a problem and you have the money, go for the SSD.
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9/8/10 at 12:53pm
Both.

SSD just for your OS and grab another 500GB to RAID / short-stroke with yours for programs + games etc
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9/8/10 at 12:55pm
What WD drive - blue or black? You may get better read/writes with HDs in RAID 0 than with an SSD - but this alos depends on the SSD. SSDs have much better access times so everything will feel faster and be faster - OS boot, program opening etc. Best would be a couple of SSd in RAID0 - great read/writes and great access times.
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9/8/10 at 1:15pm
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Thanks for the suggestions guys. I have a blue WD drive at the moment.
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9/8/10 at 1:18pm
Read http://www.overclock.net/ssd/679565-...uying-ssd.html

Its an SSD testimonial thread.

And my post in that thread, which sums up what i think of SSDs. http://www.overclock.net/ssd/679565-...l#post10483925

Basically, get an SSD, biggest upgrade you can do to a computer.
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the ssd... raid 0 even with 10k rpm drives don't compair.
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post #8 of 13
9/8/10 at 1:24pm
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Originally Posted by candy_van View Post
Both.

SSD just for your OS and grab another 500GB to RAID / short-stroke with yours for programs + games etc
what you said makes no sense...

why buy a SSD and not put programs on it?


OS and Programs on SSD.

Video's and stuff on Hard Drive.
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9/8/10 at 1:46pm
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Thanks for all the recommendations guys, I think I'll get a SSD and grab another hard drive if I have enough money.
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post #10 of 13
9/8/10 at 2:25pm
Don't skimp on the SSD. Get a nice 60GB+ one, if you can afford it. C300's are good, and Vertex 2's. (Sandforce)
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